Truck



Jan. 15, 1924.

H. L. FERRIS TRUCK Filed Oct. 31, 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet '1 Jan. 15 1924.

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HENRY L. FER-BIS, 0F HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HUNT, HELM, FEB/BIS & (30., A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. I

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Application filed October 31, 1919. Serial No. 334,766.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY L. Fnnnrs a citizen of the United States, residing at Harvard. in the county of McHenry and State of lllinois. have invented a new and ving is a specification. 1y invention relates to trucks and is fully described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawing in which Figure l is a plan view of my truck with the box removed;

2 is side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a partial section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; I

Fig. sis a partial section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is partial perspective of the detachable truck handle;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the complete truck;

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the truck with the box and caster wheel removed, and

Fig. 8 is a perspective of the bottom of the box.

I have illustrated an embodiment of my invention in a truck consisting preferably of a frame having a U-shaped member 10, to which is secured in any suitable manner across member 11 and at its rear end another transverse member 11 and an axle 12, upon the ends of which are journaled wheels 13. Longitudinally arranged slats 14: are fastened to the cross-members 11 and 11 At the forward end of the truck is secured a frame member 15 having a vertical hole therethrough in which is journaled the shaft 16. This shaft carries a castor consisting of a bracket 16 having bifurcated sides in which are mounted the shaft 17 upon which is journaled the castor wheel 18. The forward extension 16 of this bracket is b1- furcated to receive the truck tongue 19 which is pivotally connected thereto by means of a pin 20 as shown in Figure 1. Inwardly fastening grooves 21 are formed 1n the extension 16 which are concentric with the pin'20, and a rocking pin 22 is'securely mounted in the tongue 19 and arranged to lie within these concentric grooves. The end of the tongue 19 is slotted at 19* as shown in Figure 5, and a bolt or shaft 19 is passed through the truck tongue just back of the pin 22.

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It :will be apparent from the foregoing H description that asthe' forward end of the truck tongue is depressed the rocking pin 22 will become disengaged from the grooves .2-lan'd the truclrtongue may be removed by rolling forward thereon.

The stud shaft 16 is provided with a groove 16 and a rocking pin 16 is adapted to en age this groove and is normally pressed thereto by means of a spring 16. When, therefore. it is desired to remove the Castor the pin 16 is withdrawn and the castor drops away from the truck frame.

W'hen this is done a truck, as shown in Figure 7, is provided which will serve the purposes of what is known as a hand or grain truck and is pushed or rolled about by means of the handle 15.

Owing to the castoring action of the wheel 18 the truck with the tongue removed may be used as a fuel truck either with or without the box which will now be described.

The box may be of any suitable form, but consist-s essentially of a fiat-bottom'23having a plate 2 1 at one end in which are two slots 25 which are adapted to engage fingers 26 at the rear end of the truck body.

At the forward end of the box is an car 27 having a hole 28 which is adapted to register with the upperpart of the shaft 16 when the slides 25 are placed over the fingers 26. The box can be removed very easily by raising the forward end. disengaged from the shaft 16 and as the box is further raised. the rear end strikes the floor and the plate 2-1 is raised and the holes 25 are disengaged from the fingers'26.

It will be seen from the foregoing that I have provided a construction which may be converted into a series of trucks which are adapted to many and diversified uses. While I have shown and described but a single embodiment of my invention, numerous modito claim all novelty inherent in my invention.

as broadly as possible in view of the prior art.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. In a truck, a frame, two rear ground engaging wheels carried by said frame a' The ear 27 is first front Wheel carriedby a member having a vertical journal in said frame and a removable boX hingedly and detachably secured by lugs at the rear end of the, frame and having a member engagingsaid first mentioned member at the front end of the frame.

2. In a truck, a frame, ground engaging wheels carried by said frame,- and a remov able box hingedly and detaehably secured by lugs at the rear end of the frame and having a member engaging an upstanding mem her at the front end of the frame, said box having an overhanging rear end so that as 15 the front end is raised, the rear end will strike the floor in advance of the frame and raise the box off said lugs, thereby disengaging it from the truck.

3. In a truck, a frame comprising a U- shaped frame member, a floor substantially level With the upper surface of said frame member, axle members at the two upper corners of the U-shaped member, a Wheel journalled on'eac h axle member, and a rotatable member vertically journalled at the bottom of said U-shaped 'member and a wheel horizontally journalled in said rotatable member.

HENRY L. FERRIS. 

